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Old 03-06-2007, 08:14 AM   #1
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Do you ever get so caught up in shopping

THat you do something really stupid, wierd etc???

Yesterday I had to run to Wal-Mart ( okay, so I'm there every day it seems ) I was on the lookout for the cardboard underbed storage containers for Shelby for her room.. which I think they don't carry/make anymore as I went to 4 stores & nada, zip! .. Then, the cashier was a total dweeb who was intent on packing faster than I could put in the cart.. She was very rude & short.. maybe it was her break time?

These 2 incidents should have told me it wasn't going to be a good day but I still trudged on..

I decided to go to Big lots to look for the underbed storage boxes, I figured while there I would pick up a jar of Kalamta olives ( only place that has them cheap!) & I was browsing around & was super excited to find a heated mattress pad ( with dual controls) that Jim has been salivating over for weeks.. It was on clearance so I snatched it up. I realized it was almost 11AM & I have to be at work at 11:30 ( & take all of the groceries home before that) so I rush to the check out.

Got to the check out & decided to use my pay pal debit card ( which I rarely use) it was declined & I realized I probably put the wrong pin # in & idiot cashier kept insisting we try it again, while I explained I was kind of in a hurry & pulled out another charge card to use..

I go to my van load the coveted bed heater in the back.. all the while musing & puzzled over what my pin # is .. I start to close the hatch & the bed heater almost falls out .. I try to grab it with one hand while still closing the hatch with the other & the door came down on my nose... I literally saw stars..

got in the van with tears in my eyes then started to laugh ... I realized i probably broke my nose & knew I would be black & blue... Came home & told my story to Jim who was more concerned over his heated pad

I was making dinner last night (steak salad) & couldn't find the cans of chick peas & baby corn I bought.. we hunted everywhere & I guess the super fast cashier at wal-mart forgot to give me one of my bags ( I DETEST those bag swirl things at Wal-mart) I was soo livid I wanted to call the store & complain but realized they won't believe me when I say I didnt get a bag.. I still might call today regarding the cashiers attitude..

you'd have thought I had my fill of shopping but nope, I went to K-Mart & Target last night in search of these storage boxes ( I ended up getting the plastic ones)

this norning i'm sporting a nice bruised nose ( not to mention bruised ego.. what a klutz I am) and slightly black eyes.

so any good shopping stories to share?? I probably could remember a ton with my kids but the one that stands out is when Jamie ( appx 9 months old) in a stroller grabbed a package of candy snot while I was checking out & I didn't realize it until I was getting in the van.. I was too embarassed to go back into the store & tell the cashier.. "My son took your snot" I made Jim take it back later that day

OOH I remember another kid one... ( again at wal-mart.. ) all 5 of us were shopping & we took my Aunt.. she had Shelby ( about 2YO) in her cart & Brendan (5YO) thought he was so big, .. he was helping my Aunt push the cart.. She was looking at some clothes on a rack & Bren kept hanging on the cart handles, I kept telling him to be careful . He then stood on the rail of the cart & toppled it over.. Shelby let out an ear piercing scream. Well, a worker immediately ran over to see if Shelby was okay ( & she was fine) & then got on the loudspeaker calling a "code 12" I believe ( It was some kind of code) at least 15 Wal-Mart employees came rushing toward us & the manager made me fill out an accident report.. All the while this is going on Jim & Jamie are in electronics looking at video games & when they heard the scream & the code called, Jim turned to Jamie & said " Yep, that's your brother & sister" but he didn't come over to see what was going on..

I need a good laugh so share your stories!!
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The one with Jim and Jamie not leaving the electronics part of the store during the cart mishap wins
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The one with Jim and Jamie not leaving the electronics part of the store during the cart mishap wins
Ditto, how typical of men

I agree with you on the bag spinner things, I don't know how many times I have not gotten all my bags

I was behind a women in Walmart just last week, she said to me "you have to excuse me, I don't like to shop, so I only shop once a month" she had 3 carts full of stuff, and then she pulled out cash to pay for it all Who walks around with that much cash

Another time I was behind a woman who had about 300 jars of babyfood and just as many diapers, I figured she must have had either twins or triplets.
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I left my groceries at the grocery store once, oh maybe twice.

Both girls were under 2 years old. I paid for everything, and headed out to the car. This was when we were not allowed to take the carts into the parking lot. I got both kids strapped into their car seats and then started up the car. Only I drove home and left the groceries in the front of the store. I pulled in the garage, cried when I realized, and then drove back to the grocery store. We live in the country, and a ride to the grocery was 20 minutes away, not up the street.
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not sure if they STILL make it but they did 13 years ago.. it was absolutely gross looking.. it was in the shape of a nose & had slimey candy inside..VERY disgusting... My niece ( who was 9 at the time) loved the stuff.. while it made me gag!!
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Grr...I purposely avoid stores where they use those bag carousels. They like it when you buy something and leave it there for them to return to stock.

DH is always buying things and not bringing everything home from the store. He gives me the receipt and lets me call and speak to the manager. Never had a problem with either Wegman's, Giant, Target, or Mr. Z's when he's done this.

Oh, when DJ was a baby, I was loading the groceries in the truck, put my keys on the dashboard shelf, and buckled in DJ. Locked the door and closed it. Locking my 9 month old in a boiling hot car in mid-Spring. I freaked out. I climbed in through the rear slider window (up to mid-chest - I couldn't get in any further), grabbed a a drycleaning hanger from behind the seat and reached over to pull the door handle.

As I pulled back out of the window after averting a tragedy on my own, some idiot old man WHO WATCHED AND NEVER OFFERED TO HELP had the nerve to tell me how stupid I was for locking my baby in the car and I was just lucky I got it unlocked on my own or he'd have called Child Services on me and had me arrested for child abuse and endangerment. I saw RED. I was angry and hormonal and it took every ounce of will not to spit it the mean old ______'s face. Instead of thanked him for just standing there and letting my baby roast in a hot truck and told him to shove it. I was pretty mad.
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